Walter J. Garver's obituary, Farwell, Clare County, Michigan

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Obituaries from the Clare County Review September 26, 1999

Walter J. Garver, 7l, passed away Wednesday, Sepember 22, 1999 at his
home in Farwell.
    Walter was born April ll, 1928 in Clare County to Walter E. and
Hazel (Alwood) Garver.  He married Thelma (Thomas) Schmus on April l,
1977 in Clare. Walter farmed all his life, ran a local milk route for
Kraft Foods for 12 years, and worked 23 years for the Clare County Road
Commission.
    He is survived by his wife, Thelma, five children; Maxine and Greg
Warner, Walter L. Garver, Joyce and Charles Lake, David and Brenda
Garver, all of Farwell, and Sharon Wilson-Garver of Saginaw; three step
children:  Stephanie and Glen Mogg of Coleman, Russie and Ed Marshall of
Clare, and Walter and Kelly Schmus of Rosebush, 21 grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren; five brothers, Charles and Ellen of Pontiac, Forest
of Farwell, Lester and Ginny of Lake, Rex and Carrie of Clare, and Max
and Pauline; five sisters, Fern Squires of Clare, Donna and Norm Mosey,
and Betty and Nial Abbott of Harrison, Virginia and Clyde Haft of Milan,
Marlyn and David Smith of Monroe; a sister-in-law, Dorthea Garver of
Beaverton; numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
    He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter E. and Hazel Garver;
two brothers, Wayne of Mt. Pleasant and Robert of Beaverton; and one
sister Doris Dalton of Clare.
    Funeral Services will be held Saturday, September 25, 1999 at l0:00
am at S. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Clare with Reverend Paul
Fetzer officiaing.  Interment will be at Memorial Gardens, Mt.
Pleasant.  Memorial conributions may be made to Hospice of Central
Michigan or the Pardee Cancer Fund.